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HARNESS CORD Filed Jan. ll, 1956 Patented Nov. 23, 1937 HARNESS CORD Oscar N. Whitehead and Walter H. Toelle, Wallingford, Conn., assignors, by mesne assignments, to The Danielson Manufacturing Company, a corporation of Connecticut Application January 11, 1936, Serial No. 58,681

2 omimaf. (or. 24---1z3iv Our invention relates to harness supports or cords adapted for use in various types of harness'k motion. The ends of each cord connect a heddle' or harness frame with a jack, lever; or other motion transmittingelement of the shedding mechanism of the loom.

Heretofore in devices of this character Yit was attempted, in order to insure an adequately strong interengagement of the terminal attaching eyes to a cord comprising a flexible wire core and a textile sheath enclosed at each end with a. ferrule having an end perforation, to forcibly screw the threaded tapering shank of a screw eye 'endwise through the perforation into the core longitudinally thereof thereby expandingV the wires to clamp the surrounding portion of the sheath into contact with the ferrule to frictionally hold the.

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'I'his construction deformed the core and-dis-v` obviate all the above mentioned weaknesses andV disadvantages, vand insure in a device of this character length of life; absence of torsional and other strains; security against possible escape of the attaching members and ferrules; and to secure these objects in a simple and strong structure, and by an inexpensive process.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter adverted to.

To all the above ends primarily our invention consists in such parts and in such combinations of parts, and in such steps and combination of steps v as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a longitudinal view of a harness cord embodying our invention, v

Figure 2, a similar view of the same in a different position,

Figure 3, an enlarged section partially in side elevation taken on line 3--3 of Figure 2,

Figure 4, a section taken on line 4-4 of Figure 3,

blank from which the rivet is ultimately formed including the upturned prongs cut therein,

#www Y Figure 5, a. perspective View of the original Figure 6,'- an end view of this blank bent up U- shape, j f

Figurer?, a section taken on line I-'I of Figure 6 showing the parts during assemblage,

4 Figure 8'-, a side elevationA of the swivel and' at- ,n tached partsafter assemblage, and-"11 Figure 9, a side elevatiorrof a modied form of our invention.

Like reference characters indicate like parts throughout the Views.

As herein illustrated our device includes a flexible body or cord proper I 3 comprising in this instance a exible multi-strand twisted core or cable I of metal wire, enclosed in a sheath I'I of any preferred material, but in this instance of a braided textile.

Upon the ends of the body I3 are ferrules formed from substantially oblong blanks I9 cut from thin/sheet metal each of said blanks provided medially of its width with one or more, in this case two, at integral upright V-shaped prongs 2I cut from the material of the blank and upwardly bent from the resultant orifices 22, asshown in Figure 5. Two corners on one end of the blank are diagonally cut away as at 23.

Next by suitable tools one of the above blanks is bent with its medial portion- 25 transversely curved and its lateral portions 26 upwardly directed, forming a trough. The end of the blank having the cut away corners at 23 is also during this operation bent inwardly forming an inturned end or end ange28 forming the inception of a central curved opening 29, all of which is apparent in Figure 6.

One end margin of the cord body I3 is now mechanically driven downwardly sidewise into the trough thereby. forcing the prongs 2I diametrically through the core I5 and a thickness of the sheath I1, creating resultant frictional cavities 3| therethrough for ltheir reception. 'Ihe end of the cord body-during this operation is preferably spaced somewhat from the ange or ferrule end 28 to admit a portion of an attaching member 33 to temporarily rest in such space, as shown in Figure '7. The member 33 comprises a shank or neck 34, a retaining head 35 upon its inner end, and a closed eye 36 upon its outer end.

The final step is, by suitable dies, to depress upon the cord body the upwardly extending portions of the trough, thus completing the cylindrical side wall 38, the circular end wall 28, of

the ferrule I9, the latter wall being provided with.

the completed resultant circular opening 29 'through which loosely passes the shank or neck 34'. c 'I'he head 35 rotatably engages the inner filaments knotted therethrough. An unclosed or e open eye 44, as that shown in Figure 9, may be used with greater facility-than the closed eye 36 upon one or both ends of the body, when the harness frame connections or lever connections consist of xed eyes.

It will be noted that the prongs 2l make acci-- dental escape of the ferrule and swivel 'member 33 impossible under any operating strain. The extension of the prongs through both the core and sheath not only increases the immovability of the ferrule, but further insures against movement of the sheath relatively to the core.

It will be further observed that the swivel action of the member 33 avoids all cramping and` excessive strain upon the flexible body I3 and thus increases the period of its life.

1. In a. harness cord construction having a multi-strand flexible Wire core sheathed in braided textile, a ferrule comprising a cylindrical Wall and an end flange extending inwardly to form an end opening, a prong struck from the material of the side Wall in a plane longitudinal to the core of the harness cord and of suflicient length to imbed in the strands of the wire core, and an attaching member having a shank extending through the opening and an enlarged head within the ferrule engaging said flange.

2. In a harness cord construction having a multi-strand flexible wire core sheathed in braided textile, a ferrule comprising a cylindrical Wall and an end ange extending inwardly to form an end opening, a flat, triangular prong struck from the material of the side Wall in a plane longitudinal to the core of the harness cord, the apex being of sucient length to imbed in the strands of the Wire core, and an attaching member having a shank extending through the opening andan enlarged head within the ferrule engaging said flange.

OSCAR N. WHII'EHEAD.

WALTER H. TOELLE. 

